What is the meaning of the statement of Allah, the Exalted: “And in the cause of Allah” in the categories of zakah, and who is included in it?

The Shaykh : The closest example that occurred to me recently was a question I was asked in a previous session, which is the meaning of: in the verse regarding the expenditures of zakah: to the end of the verse, then He, the Exalted, said: . The question was: Does “in the cause of Allah” refer specifically to jihad in the cause of Allah, or does it also include other interests of the Muslims, such as building mosques and schools, and establishing public facilities and utilities for the Muslims? Does “in the cause of Allah” in this place in the verse on the expenditures of zakah include matters other than jihad in the cause of Allah, as we hinted at earlier? If the verse includes those matters, is it permissible for a wealthy person to give his money to build a mosque, for example, or to build a school, or a hospital, or something else?
My answer was that the meaning of the statement of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in this noble verse: is specific to two matters, and there is no third:
The first is what is known to everyone, which is jihad in the cause of Allah. This is one of the categories of zakah that the one obligated to pay it spends in the cause of Allah, in jihad in the cause of Allah.
The second matter is that the legal evidence came to expand the word: , so that spending money to take a poor person to the Sacred House of Allah for Hajj is included in this phrase. Thus, the meaning of is: in jihad and Hajj. No one from the Salaf, nor even the mujtahid imams, expanded this phrase beyond the two matters mentioned. means: in jihad in the cause of Allah, and in taking a poor person in need to the Sacred House of Allah for Hajj as well.
Regarding this second matter, taking a poor person for Hajj, there is an authentic hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud, Musnad Imam Ahmad, and others, that a man from the Companions known as Abu Talq performed Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Farewell Pilgrimage. When he returned, his wife came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to complain to him, saying: O Messenger of Allah, my husband Abu Talq did not take me on his camel for Hajj. The Messenger (peace be upon him) sent for Abu Talq and asked him about this matter. He said: O Messenger of Allah, I prepared this camel for the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. He (peace be upon him) said: . Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), among the other imams who restricted the meaning of: to jihad in the cause of Allah, took another meaning from this hadith and added it to the first meaning, saying: means: jihad and taking a poor person for Hajj as well in the cause of Allah, as indicated by this authentic hadith.
No one from the Salaf has a meaning broader than this meaning you have heard, which is taking a poor person for Hajj. Meanwhile, we find today fatwas issued here and there that the meaning of this phrase: is broad, such that it includes all the interests in which Muslims benefit, including what we mentioned earlier, such as building mosques and schools and the like.
This was the reason for raising this discussion now, which is.